Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Athena (2022)

Romain Gavras’ Athena is an impressive formal achievement, although it never manages to resolve the tensions between its operatic storytelling and its slightly-artificial visual approach.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromNovember 28, 2022Athena, Romain Gavras, Ladj Ly, Elias Belkeddar, Dali Benssalah, Sami Slimane, Anthony Bajon, Ouassani Embarek, Alexis ManentiComment

James Cameron: Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)

James Cameron might’ve been fired from the production of Piranha II: The Spawning, but the shlocky Jaws ripoff remains instrumental in showing the elements that shaped Cameron as a filmmaker.

Review: Armageddon Time (2022)

James Gray’s Armageddon Time captures the pain and regret of nostalgia as well as its longing and warmth.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 14, 2022Armageddon Time, James Gray, Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell, Tovah Reldshuh, Andrew PolkComment

Halloween Horror: Hellraiser (2022)

David Bruckner’s Hellraiser reboot is a flattened riff on the tale for a flattened cinematic culture.

Review: Morbius (2022)

Morbius is a real superhero movie in the way that airplane food is real food.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromOctober 25, 2022Morbius, Daniel Espinosa, Matt Sazama, Buck Sharpless, Marvel, Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Al Madrigal, Tyrese GibsonComment

Halloween Horror: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a hallucinogenic fever dream made by a mad man.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAren BergstromOctober 13, 2022Halloween Horror, Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, JapanComment

Halloween Horror: Pearl (2022)

Ti West’s Pearl is a terrific showcase for Mia Goth, as well as clever franchise extension to X from earlier this year.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromOctober 6, 2022Pearl, X, Ti West, Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro, Alistair SewellComment

Halloween Horror: Barbarian (2022)

Zach Cregger’s trendy new horror movie plays with our expectations of horror in funny, weird, truly bizarre ways.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Halloween HorrorAren BergstromSeptember 30, 2022Halloween Horror, Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgard, Justin Long, Richard Brake, Barbarian, Zach CreggerComment

TIFF22: Theater of Thought

Werner Herzog’s Theater of Thought is as much a detour into his mind and way of thinking as a documentary about the science of the mind.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 15, 2022Theater of Thought, Werner Herzog, TIFF22, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

TIFF22: The Eternal Daughter

Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter is a ghost story that plays more as confessional autofiction than horror film.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 13, 2022TIFF22, Toronto International Film Festival, The Eternal Daughter, Joanna Hogg, Tilda SwintonComment

TIFF22: Godland

Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland is a beguiling, beautiful film about the terrifying power of nature.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromSeptember 9, 2022Hlynur Pálmason, Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Jacob Lohmann, Vic Carmen Sonne, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Godland, Iceland, DenmarkComment

Review: Beast (2022)

Baltasar Kormákur’s Beast is effective late summer B-movie entertainment with a great Idris Elba at its centre.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromSeptember 1, 2022Beast, Baltasar Kormákur, Ryan Engle, Jaime Primak Sullivan, Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, Leah Sava Jeffries, Sharlto CopleyComment

Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Halina Reijn’s horror comedy/satire is as vapid and repetitive as the social media feeds that inspired it.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 22, 2022Bodies Bodies Bodies, A24, Sarah DeLappe, Kristen Roupenian, Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha'la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, Lee Pace, Pete DavidsonComment

Review: Bullet Train (2022)

Brad Pitt showcases his star power in this B-grade action comedy.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 12, 2022Bullet Train, David Leitch, Zak Olkewicz, Kotaro Isaka, Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Benito A. Martínez Ocasio, Sandra BullockComment

Review: Fire of Love (2022)

Sara Dosa’s documentary on Katia and Maurice Krafft takes advantage of their remarkable footage to craft a tragic love story.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 4, 2022Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Erin Casper, Jocelyn Chaput, Miranda July, Maurice Krafft, Katia KrafftComment

Review: The Gray Man (2022)

Joe and Anthony Russo’s Netflix action blockbuster is modestly diverting content, but ultimately pulls it punches.

Review: Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Gene Tierney gives her most iconic performance in this terrific Technicolor noir.

Aren's Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 12, 2022Leave Her to Heaven, John M. Stahl, Jo Swerling, Ben Ames Williams, Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Craine, Vincent Price, Mary Philips, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Reed Hadley, Darryl HickmanComment

Review: The Black Phone (2021)

Scott Derrickson’s horror film contemplates tangible evil and how divine grace can overcome it.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJuly 8, 2022The Black Phone, Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, Joe Hill, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Davies, James RansoneComment

Review: Spiderhead (2022)

As far as streaming content goes, Spiderhead isn’t bad, but it asks questions it has no real interest in answering.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJune 28, 2022Spiderhead, Netflix, Joseph Kosinski, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Saunders, Escape From Spiderhead, Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett, Mark Verlaine, Tess Haubrich, Angie MillikanComment

Review: Hustle (2022)

Hustle is a movie about an NBA lifer made for lifelong fans of the game.